10 November 2026
Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.
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Fifth album of experimental acoustic jazz from Mercury nominated London five-piece led by drummer Seb Rochford
7.3
Peepers felt like Polar Bear's most rock-influenced album to date. In Each And Every One is more in thrall to experimental electronic music, and minimalism in general Read Review
Sees Polar Bear sounding revitalised and ready to explore new musical combinations and possibilities with confidence Read Review
An album so rich and textured Read Review
Polar Bear have long held dear the central tenets of honesty, integrity and expressiveness in their music. With In Each And Every One the ingredient of raw emotion can now be added Read Review
Psych-jazz epic from the inventive Brit quartet. Print edition only
Polar bear remain gratifyingly dislocated from the mainstream. Print edition only
Strikingly adventurous and sharp-minded, and therefore fully worth the commitment Read Review
The jagged heart is a good metaphor for the music, which releases a thumping emotional impact through some hard-edged technical constructions Read Review
A formidable addition to an already impressive legacy Read Review
Affecting and stylistically broad Read Review
A whirlwind of an experience that elevates as much as it does bury you in fear, you'd be foolish to write this off Read Review
The use of production and electronic treatment amplifies almost all of the tracks here, creating interesting pockets of unexpected tension and menace in what would have otherwise stood as somewhat straightforward compositions Read Review
It’s a jarring listen from start to finish, but worth sifting Read Review
Sounds refreshingly unconventional. Print edition only
Plays up the extremes of their saxophonists’ contrasting voices Read Review
Polar Bear: In Each And Every One
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways